2026 Dominique Gravel: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	75	1067	1017	62	57	222	19663

Overview

Dominique Gravel is affiliated with Université de Sherbrooke in Canada and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work extensively covers various subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research includes a strong emphasis on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation.

Recent notable publications include:

"Co-occurrence is not evidence of ecological interactions" (2020), Ecology Letters
"Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research" (2020), Ecology Letters
"For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!" (2021), Conservation Letters
"Niche Breadth: Causes and Consequences for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation" (2020), The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application" (2021), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dominique Gravel frequently collaborates with several researchers. The most frequent co-authors include Christian Messier, Gilles Gauthier, Joël Bêty, F. Guillaume Blanchet, and Alain Paquette.

Their publications are often featured in prominent scientific venues, such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Ecology Letters
Ecology
Ecography

In addition to journal articles, Dominique Gravel has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: "A Next-Generation of Biomonitoring to Detect Global Ecosystem Change" (2020).

Best Publications

Reconciling niche and neutrality: the continuum hypothesis

Dominique Gravel;Charles D. Canham;Marilou Beaudet;Christian Messier

955
Citations
Co-occurrence is not evidence of ecological interactions

F. Guillaume Blanchet;Kevin Cazelles;Dominique Gravel

753
Citations
Analysing ecological networks of species interactions.

Eva Delmas;Eva Delmas;Mathilde Besson;Mathilde Besson;Marie Hélène Brice;Marie Hélène Brice;Laura A Burkle

606
Citations
Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur‐Wilson

Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Daniel Simberloff;Robert E. Ricklefs;Robin Aguilée

567
Citations
A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels

Anna Norberg;Nerea Abrego;Nerea Abrego;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Frederick R. Adler

515
Citations
Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives.

Nicolas Mouquet;Vincent Devictor;Christine N. Meynard;Francois Munoz

504
Citations
The dissimilarity of species interaction networks

Timothée Poisot;Elsa Canard;Elsa Canard;David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Nicolas Mouquet

497
Citations
Accounting for dispersal and biotic interactions to disentangle the drivers of species distributions and their abundances

Isabelle Boulangeat;Dominique Gravel;Wilfried Thuiller

492
Citations
Beyond species: why ecological interaction networks vary through space and time

Timothée Poisot;Daniel B. Stouffer;Dominique Gravel

488
Citations
Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research.

Andrew Gonzalez;Rachel M. Germain;Diane S. Srivastava;Elise Filotas

429
Citations
Inferring biotic interactions from proxies

Ignacio Morales-Castilla;Ignacio Morales-Castilla;Miguel G. Matias;Miguel G. Matias;Miguel G. Matias;Dominique Gravel;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo

400
Citations
For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Jürgen Bauhus;Rita Sousa-Silva;Harald Auge

362
Citations
Linking community and ecosystem dynamics through spatial ecology

François Massol;Dominique Gravel;Dominique Gravel;Nicolas Mouquet;Marc W. Cadotte

333
Citations
Trophic theory of island biogeography.

Dominique Gravel;François Massol;Elsa Canard;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

310
Citations
Niche breadth: Causes and consequences for ecology, evolution, and conservation

Michelle E. Afkhami;Dominique Gravel;Stuart W. Livingstone;John J. Wiens

298
Citations
The influence of interspecific interactions on species range expansion rates

Jens-Christian Svenning;Dominique Gravel;Robert D. Holt;Frank M. Schurr;Frank M. Schurr

288
Citations
Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients.

Loïc Pellissier;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Jordi Bascompte;Nina Farwig

282
Citations
Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application

Michel Loreau;Matthieu Barbier;Elise Filotas;Dominique Gravel

277
Citations
A road map for integrating eco-evolutionary processes into biodiversity models.

Wilfried Thuiller;Tamara Münkemüller;Sébastien Lavergne;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

267
Citations
Inferring food web structure from predator-prey body size relationships

Dominique Gravel;Timothée Poisot;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Laure Velez

258
Citations
Experimental niche evolution alters the strength of the diversity–productivity relationship

Dominique Gravel;Thomas Bell;Claire Barbera;Thierry Bouvier

257
Citations
PERSPECTIVE A road map for integrating eco-evolutionary processes into biodiversity models

Wilfried Thuiller;David Mouillot;Nicolas Mouquet;Katja Schiffers

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Mouquet University of Montpellier

Christian Messier University of Quebec at Montreal

Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University

David Mouillot University of Montpellier

Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora

Daniel B. Stouffer University of Canterbury

Marie-Josée Fortin University of Toronto

François Massol University of Lille

Philippe Archambault Université Laval

Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

External Links

Personal website of Dominique Gravel

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